Culture
Erraught wows at Carnegie Hall
Dundalk’s Tara Erraught was greeted by, from left, Matt Haroldsen, Nicky Zann, Hyesang Park and Grant Chaput at a late supper celebration following...
December 08, 2015
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
What we have
Aedin Moloney,left, and Rachel Pickup in Charlotte Jones's "Airswimming," a 2013 Fallen Angel / Irish Repertory Theatre production. PHOTO: CAROL RO...
December 07, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Zero’ adds up to great CD
By Daniel Neely In a 1901 interview, the great uilleann piper Patsy Touhey was asked about the present and future status of the pipes. Although he ...
December 04, 2015
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Christmas shows not to be missed
Cherish the Ladies. By Colleen Taylor There’s no better combination than Irish music and Christmastime. The season is officially upon us, which mea...
December 03, 2015
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Tiny plays to explore 1916, JFK
Deirdre Kinahan. PHOTO: BARRY CRONIN By Orla O’Sullivan A host of original dramas — most of them less than four minutes long — are among the ways t...
December 01, 2015
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Young boy's struggle to belong
David McLoghlin. CAT DWYER/CATSEYEPIX.COM Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The late November IAW&A Salon brought gifted actors, comic and serious, great...
December 01, 2015
by John Kearns and Karen Daly
Culture
Clare duo honor O’Donoghue
By Daniel Neely A little while back I received Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry’s new CD “The Shores of Lough Breda.” Packaged with a beautifully illu...
November 30, 2015
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Recalling disappointed love
The Mariannes' EP's title track was selected as best song at the Clancy Brothers Festival. By Colleen Taylor What do W.B. Yeats and a young indie b...
November 25, 2015
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Remains of the Day: Tips for Leftovers
Recipes/ By Margaret M. Johnson I’ve heard it so many times — you probably have as well: the best part of the Thanksgiving meal is the leftovers, e...
November 25, 2015
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
O’Neill for Irish Arts Center
Joseph O'Neill. By Irish Echo Staff Award-winning novelist Joseph O’Neill returns to the Irish Arts Center to read from his latest novel “The Dog” ...
November 25, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Fresh, engaging, provocative’
Elaine Feeney. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The actress Fionnula Flanagan has described one of Elaine Feeney’s poems as a “brilliant, sl...
November 25, 2015
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Higgins takes New York
Maeve Higgins on stage at the Irish Arts Center. By Sean Devlin I was pretty nervous walking into the Irish Arts Center Tuesday night. I had spent ...
November 24, 2015
by Sean Devlin